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OU FOOTBALL — Drew Allen, the Sooners' backup quarterback to Landry Jones the past few years, is apparently looking to transfer to another school. Allen, who will graduate in May, could transfer to another Division I school and be immediately eligible.

NORMAN — Oklahoma backup quarterback Drew Allen was given permission to explore other opportunities, making it possible he'll play his senior season elsewhere.

OU quarterback Drew Allen, pictured here during a 2011 game vs. Tulsa, is looking to transfer, according to sources. PHOTO BY BRYAN TERRY, Oklahoman Archives

Allen took to Twitter on Friday to address the situation.

"I have a permission to contact form that allows me to look around, talk to other schools," Allen tweeted. "Doesn't mean I am transferring yet."

Allen, who is on course to graduate in May but still has a year of eligibility remaining, could transfer to another Football Bowl Subdivision university and be immediately eligible.

Under certain circumstances, the NCAA doesn't require its usual one-year benching for transfers between FBS schools.

Blake Bell, a junior next season, supplanted Allen as Landry Jones' backup before the 2012 season. Since then, with Bell likely the favorite to start next season — plus the emergence of redshirt freshman Trevor Knight, who starred on the scout team — there has been speculation that Allen might transfer.

“The option's there,” Allen said during the week before Oklahoma's Jan. 4 Cotton Bowl loss to Texas A&M. “My goals and aspirations since I came to college were to play. I've always wanted to play here and have a significant role here and I'd love to do that.”

Allen didn't take a single snap during the 2012 season. During his sophomore season in 2011, Allen appeared in five games and completed nine of 16 passes for 71 yards.

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